Opinion: King of Iowa?

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... I ... why Mary Kissel the twenty fourteen election is already on in Iowa ... editorial board member Steve Moore joins me now to serve it is an area very interesting field ... state ... who is Steve King and why is he getting so much attention ... I married the reason that CJ is getting so much attention is that that ... Tom Harkin the incumbent Democrat such a shock to everyone a few weeks ago ... by announcing that he will not run for re-election in and nobody really expected dot including steep and when I interviewed cabinet ... and CK is up to the congressman now for about ten to twelve year is on he is a fairly strong conservative ... that the reason this race is getting a lot of interest is to Paul Mary ... um ... Iowa is a ... tech out of the prototypical purple states ones back between Republican and Democrat the Democrats have done very well that state in presidential elections when the local level it's more Republican Republicans think they have a very good chance of taking up the seat married you know they've got picked up three or four or five ... if they're going to win back the United States I they got their eyes on this one who ... got a lot of that kind of moderate Republicans are not so sure Steve King is the right guy to yes I am glad theres that we've got lesson and laughed what show which I hear Steve King forty six percent ... the Republican challenger Tom waits and twenty nine percent ... Caroen is stepping in here gang steepening might be another tidy can ... I when you make of those numbers ... well you know what's interesting about this whole debate is that there's a lot of pop ... there is a very much controversy Orkut what Karl Rove is doing he's trying to a lot when he re nominate the people we think so most electable and he's saying it's not Steve gang because he's gonna put its foot in the province of this is gonna be of God may be a battle between the conservatives and moderates and terms of who expected this race on Mary but Steve can you know he spent eight million dollars against the minnows Last House race and he still want yet well outlook in another chart breeze Ramey The Democrat thirty nine percent ... of finite points better than Steve King something to be ... very very interesting race to watch editorial board member Steve Moore from Washington ... thanks for joining